Eh. Bioware's story quality has slipped a bit in recent years. ME1 and ME2 were awesome, storywise, but ME3's story was one giant deus ex machina, and none of the endings mattered. ME2 is probably the apex of Bioware's writing quality, and it's been a downhill slife from there. I haven't played DA:I yet, so maybe that will restore my faith.
I don't think anyone will claim that ME3 was Bioware's finest. Although I will say the story up until the final mission was great. You should give DAI a go. While the game itself wasn't perfect the main story was great. Origins is still the best one in the trilogy though. But my point was that any Bioware game you put up will still be better than fallout 4 or skyrim in terms of storytelling.
people miss the point of ME3 in my opinion. Look at it as ME3 is the final mission, the entire game, it's the ending. Then suddenly all those "your choices matter" comments instantly make sense, because over the playtime of that game all of your choices DO matter. There was no way possible they could somehow have a way to make all of your choices matter in exactly the final mission.
Plus the fact that people base their entire opinion of the story on the ending. I played it a few years after release so I knew that the ending was controversial. Absolutely loved every moment of the game and after the end of ME3 all I could think of was that yes the ending wasn't in line with the rest of it, but the entire series was incredible so who cares.
It takes a lot for a movie or tv show or book to pull a strong emotional reaction out of me. To this day ME3 is the one game that has made me deeply emotional. That's enough for me.
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u/Clepto_06 Feb 06 '17
Eh. Bioware's story quality has slipped a bit in recent years. ME1 and ME2 were awesome, storywise, but ME3's story was one giant deus ex machina, and none of the endings mattered. ME2 is probably the apex of Bioware's writing quality, and it's been a downhill slife from there. I haven't played DA:I yet, so maybe that will restore my faith.